make promises easily but seldom keep them(qīng yán guǎ xìn)

make promises easily but seldom keep them

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī ngy á NGU ǎ x ì n, which means to speak rashly and lack credit. It comes from the third part of a dream of rising to immortals by Jia Zhongming of Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The third part of Jia Zhongming's dream of immortality in Ming Dynasty: "don't be untrue. If you are a man who speaks well, you should not play."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attribute, or object.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: a promise of gold

Chinese PinYin : qīng yán guǎ xìn